---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 873"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "873"
heading: "Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5(2), 64 Stat. 320"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/873"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico"
  - "Subchapter IV — The Judiciary"
---

# [§873. Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5(2), 64 Stat. 320 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 49, 39 Stat. 967; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158, related to appointment of judges, marshals and secretaries.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective July 25, 1952, see note set out under section 732 of this title.